Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] Leica sales
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:20:44 +1300
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I suspect that not lenses take the same time to construct, e.g. 50mm
Summicron vs a Noctilux or WATE.

john

-----Original Message-----

120/day * 250 working days per year ( Old American standard... may not be
true on Europe) = 30K per year.

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net

Lens production doubled and they want to double it again. That will STILL
only be about 120 lenses a day and that would include the S series.
\

> He also said that the total number of lens backorders at the factory 
> is about 35,000..... How many do they produce a day again ;-)
>
In reply to: Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Leica sales)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica sales)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Leica sales)